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In response to the potential for environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico from a massive release of oil caused by failure of the Macondo-1 well and explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, U.S...

Coal exploration drill-hole data from over 24,000 wells in 10 States are discussed by State in the chapters of this report, and the data are provided in an accompanying spreadsheet.Author: U. S...

Biscayne National Park, located in Biscayne Bay in southeast Florida, is one of the largest marine parks in the country and sustains a large natural marine fishery where numerous threatened and...

Flow statistics can be used to provide decision makers with surface-water information needed for activities such as water-supply permitting, flow regulation, and other water right issues. Flow...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (Metro District), studied biosolids composition and the effects of biosolids applications on groundwater...

The Strategic Plan for the U.S. Geological Survey Bio-logical Informatics Program (2005-2009) recognizes the need for effective data management: Though the Federal government invests more than $600...

This report presents summary papers of work conducted between 2002 and 2007 under a 5-year project effort funded by the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program, formerly entitled "Tintina...

Multilevel hierarchical modeling methodology has been developed for use in ecological data analysis. The effect of urbanization on stream macroinvertebrate communities was measured across a gradient...

A new descriptive stratiform chromite deposit model was prepared which will provide a framework for understanding the characteristics of stratiform chromite deposits worldwide. Previour stratiform...

The U.S. Geological Survey does regional, national, and global assessments of resources (mineral, energy, water, biologic) to provide science in support of land management and decision making...

Two types of slab tracks were installed on the High Tonnage Loop at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing. Direct fixation slab track (DFST) and independent dual block track (IDBT) were...

The Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) State Safety Oversight Rule (49 CFR Part 659) requires oversight for all rail transit agencies in revenue operation after January 1, 1997. This report...

In October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13514 that sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in environmental, energy and economic...

This guidebook was prepared with the objective of providing resource information for transit agencies and the FTA regarding the development and implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS) and...

This report assesses opportunities, risks, and challenges attendant to future development and deployment of UAS within the National Airspace System (NAS) affecting UAS forecast growth from 2015 to...

In SAFETEA-LU Section 1808, Congress required the U.S. Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, to evaluate and assess the direct and indirect impacts...

The inducer is the axial inlet portion of the turbopump rotor whose function is to raise the inlet head by an amount sufficient to preclude cavitation in the following stage. The inducer may be an...

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) personnel have assessed trace-metal concentrations in sediments and sediment-dwelling species since 1977 at an intertidal site in the vicinity of the discharge of the...

The U.S. Geological Survey Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS) was created in 2006 and since that time has provided research primarily in support of The National Map. The...

This report provides results from a 1999-2002 investigation that was part of an overall evaluation of the Croton Watershed, which includes 12 reservoirs in Westchester and Putnam Counties, N.Y., that...

Coal exploration drill-hole data from over 24,000 wells in 10 States are discussed by State n the chapters of this report, and the data are provided n an accompanying spread-sheet. The drill hold...

Recently states and local communities have passed hundreds of ballot initiatives preserving open space, increasing development around transit, and providing for increased brownfield redevelopment...

This document describes the sampling protocol for U.S. Geological Survey multi-media sampling teams responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2010, at the coastal environments in Alabama,...

Bathymetric and velocimetric surveys were conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Transportation, in the vicinity of 36 bridges at 27...

This report is geared towards motor carriers and documents the Carrier Safety Measurement System (CSMS) methodology developed to support the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)program for the...

Today's military has seen an evolution in technology that is creating an entirely new capability to project power through the use of unmanned systems while reducing the risk to human life. The...

Additive manufacturing (AM) - also known as direct manufacturing, freeform fabrication, layered manufacturing, and three-dimensional (3D) printing - is defined as the process of joining materials to...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been designated by the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) to accelerate the federal government's secure adoption of cloud computing...

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, investigated trends in base flow, total flow, and base-flow index of selected streams in Oklahoma and evaluated...

A study of the groundwater and stream-aquifer interaction in the Pootatuck River Basin, Newtown, Connecticut, was conducted to analyze the effect of production wells on the groundwater levels and...